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SABALENKA AGAINST RYBAKINA: THE INTRIGUE THAT DEFINES THE US OPEN FINAL
The end of a 99-week reign, or a piece of history in the shape of a third straight title. Aryna Sabalenka and Elena Rybakina meet in the US Open final with 5.5 million dollars on the line, and the de
LOS ANGELES LAKERS SET TO BE SOLD FOR A RECORD FEE
Businessmen Josh Kushner and Bob Iger are buying the iconic Los Angeles Lakers in a deal valued at 12.5 billion dollars, a figure without precedent in the history of sport. The buyers had initially b
MAX VERSTAPPEN CONFIRMS MCLAREN TALKS BUT STAYS AT RED BULL UNTIL 2030
Trailing championship leader Kimi Antonelli by 140 points and still without a win for Red Bull this season, Max Verstappen has confirmed he held serious talks with McLaren. For months, the paddock h
LAMINE YAMAL BECOMES BARCELONA'S YOUNGEST CAPTAIN
At 19 years and 58 days old, Lamine Yamal has become the youngest captain in Barcelona's history. The Catalans opened their new Champions League campaign by thrashing Dutch side Feyenoord 5-1, and t
END OF A 99-WEEK REIGN: ELENA RYBAKINA IS THE NEW WORLD NUMBER ONE
Aryna Sabalenka's 99-week reign at the summit of women's tennis is over, ended by 27-year-old Elena Rybakina. The Kazakh beat Zheng Qinwen 3-6, 6-1, 6-4 to reach the US Open semi-finals and, in doing
FIORENTINA REAPPOINT PAOLO VANOLI AS MANAGER AFTER DISMAL RUN
Thirty-six points from 23 matches was not enough to satisfy the Fiorentina hierarchy. The club let Paolo Vanoli go last season, yet less than a year later they have brought him back. Sporting direct
FLORIDA COURT HANDS TIGER WOODS DRIVING BAN INSTEAD OF JAIL
Tiger Woods, the 15-time major champion, pleaded guilty in court to keep himself out of prison. The 50-year-old had maintained his innocence in the weeks after the crash in March, yet he changed his
JORDAN BURROUGHS CHALLENGES ISLAM MAKHACHEV — THE UFC CHAMPION WILL ONLY AGREE TO FIGHT IN THE OCTAGON
It took Olympic champion Jordan Burroughs less than 90 seconds to dismantle Magomed Kurbanaliev 10-0 in a wrestling match in Moscow. Victory secured, the American turned straight to the reigning UFC
QATAR WORLD CUP VOTE-BUYING CASE IS OFFICIALLY IN COURT
France's National Financial Prosecutor's Office has asked for four defendants, among them a former FIFA vice-president and a Qatari billionaire, to stand trial over the Polynesian branch of "Qatargat
PSG OFFER KHVICHA KVARATSKHELIA A NEW LONG-TERM CONTRACT
After back-to-back Champions League triumphs, Paris Saint-Germain are ready to offer their Georgian star Khvicha Kvaratskhelia a new, record contract. With the transfer window now shut, sporting dire
"NO HANDCUFFS" — PORTUGUESE CUSTOMS SEIZE BERNIE ECCLESTONE'S SHOTGUN
Bernie Ecclestone, the 95-year-old former Formula 1 chief, flew in from Switzerland with a shotgun and touched down at Cascais, the airfield just west of Lisbon, expecting a sporting event rather tha
A €120M FIASCO: FIORENTINA SACK FABIO GROSSO AFTER THREE MONTHS
Fiorentina have dismissed manager Fabio Grosso barely three months after appointing him, despite backing him with more than €120 million of transfer spending. A catastrophic start in Serie A, Italy's
18 ACES AND A PUNISHING TIE-BREAK: ARYNA SABALENKA INTO THE US OPEN SEMI-FINALS
Eighteen aces flew past her and she trailed by a break in the deciding set, yet Aryna Sabalenka came through against Linda Nosková to reach a sixth consecutive US Open semi-final. The world number o
CHAMPIONS LEAGUE TOP 10: TRANSFERS, NEW MANAGERS AND REAL FAVOURITES
European football's most prestigious competition gets under way in an entirely new format. This season 36 of the continent's finest clubs will fight it out for the biggest prize of all. With the sum
AL-NASSR'S FIRST DEFEAT AND THE SOCIAL MEDIA REACTION
Al-Ittihad beat Al-Nassr 2-1 at the Alinma Stadium in front of a crowd of 47,661. Yet the scoreline was not what dominated the conversation afterwards. The main talking point from this fifth-round fi
